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Technical.ly Philly: With 10,000 jobs, will the Navy Yard stand on its own as an innovation hub?
One of the most historic employment engines of Philadelphia is back in a new way, with more people working in the Navy Yard than ever before. Part of that success is…
Tourism outfit promotes key neighborhoods in initiative
With a new initiative — Philadelphia Neighborhoods — debuting today, Greater Philadelphia Tourism & Marketing Corp.(GPTMC) is raising the stakes when it comes to its impact on the city. And, in…
How we estimated the economic value and neighborhood impact of tax-delinquent properties in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly hired Kevin Gillen, a senior research consultant at the Fels School of Government, to perform an independent analysis gauging the impact of real estate tax delinquency on the property values…
Group fundraises to save stormwater, Cynwyd Station
How do you keep water out of an almost 125-year-old train station’s basement? And how do you do so with almost no money? The Lower Merion Historical Society, under the…
Daylighting project reveals a hidden creek
About 700 feet of the West Branch of Indian Creek never sees daylight. For more than 100 years, it has run through a box culvert in Overbrook's Morris Park. The Philadelphia…
‘License to Inspect’ enables easy monitoring of L&I data
Today, PlanPhilly and Azavea released a new online tool that makes it easy to monitor construction, demolition, and code violations in targeted areas of the city. The tool, called License to…
Navy Yard to release 2013 Master Plan update Wednesday
UPDATED: On Friday, PIDC announced the The Navy Yard event has been rescheduled for Feb. 1. An earlier version of this story had the original date. The Philadelphia Navy Yard will…
SEPTA's seasonal watch | Sewer tour | ExCITe Center opens | park improvement grants | Drag queens join Mummers
Good morning, Streeters. ‘Tis the season of challenging conditions for SEPTA, explains PlanPhilly’s Christine Fisher. We’re deep into “slippery rail season” when crews have to constantly remove falling leaves from…
Soak It Up!: Green infrastructure design competition
Philadelphia’s pioneering Green City, Clean Waters plan to manage stormwater using green infrastructure is slowly rolling out through early action projects like streets with permeable paving and green schoolyards. But greening…
Stenton Station roundabout imagines way around traffic, stormwater concerns
As part of the “Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up!” exhibition this September, Urban Engineers, Inc. and Philadelphia City Planning Commission joined forces to address traffic conflicts and stormwater runoff at the…
Steve Powers signage | why our streets flood | Philly competes in Mayors Challenge | glass block comeback
Commercial corridor along Old York Road | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupGood morning, Streeters. Hope your weekend was enjoyable– we spent some of ours exploring Bartram’s Mile,…
Stadium district casino | Inga on The Provence | 40th and Pine appeal grinds on | Germantown's horticultural heritage | Viaduct as great connector
Reading Viaduct, October 2012 | Christine Fisher, PlanPhillyHappy Friday, Streeters. Here's this morning's Buzz: The owners of Parx (Greenwood Gaming) and co-owners of Xfinity Live! (Cordish) want to put a…
Philly tax credit a model | water woes | rowhouses for 6th and Fairmount | waterfront trail section delay | SEPTA baby
Water main break sinkhole at 21st and Bainbridge, July 2012 | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupA corporate tax credit program in Philly that funds community development work…
Searching South Philly for sustainable streets
Do you know how often a pedestrian is hit by a car in Philadelphia? Or how many bathtubs worth of water are treated by the stormwater planters on 13th Street? As…
Blumenfeld partners on Metropolitan Opera House | Station at Manayunk and Paine Park break ground | 52nd St renovations | more NE red light cameras | water main break at 42nd and Market
Metropolitan Opera House, 2012 | Jeremy Marshall, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupThe restoration of North Broad’s Metropolitan Opera House now has developer Eric Blumenfeld in its corner. The Inquirer’s…
New look for Old City: lighting to branding
From big repaving projects, to small design flourishes, Old City has been getting a makeover of late. Along North 3rd Street, on the long blocks between Market and Race, brand new…
What it would take to build an earthen berm for flood control on a section of Cobbs Creek in Eastwick
The actual construction of an earthen berm to control flooding along Cobbs Creek in Eastwick would likely take only a couple of months. But it will take significantly longer for the…
58th Street Greenway still under construction in Southwest Philadelphia
According to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), construction on the 58th Street Greenway is about 75 percent complete, but driving along the future greenway in Kingsessing, it still looks like there…
Spring Garden Connector RFP | Sen. Casey visits Kenzo Renewal | Annunciation BVM School conversion | Woodland Ave. water main break | Point Breeze house collapse
Good morning, Streeters! Hope you enjoyed the weekend and are feeling ready for some real fall weather. Today’s high? A crisp 55°. Today is Columbus Day, which means that government offices,…
